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title: Mental Health Counselor API
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# Mental Health Counselor API

This is the backend API for a mental health counseling application. It provides endpoints for analyzing patient messages, suggesting counselor responses, and managing counseling sessions.

## API Endpoints

- `/` - Root endpoint showing API status
- `/health` - Health check endpoint
- `/metadata` - API metadata and information

## Technology Stack

- FastAPI framework
- Scikit-Learn based ML models
- NLTK for NLP processing
- Vector database for semantic search

## Deployment

This API is deployed on Hugging Face Spaces using Docker.

## Frontend

The frontend for this application is deployed separately on Vercel.

## Repository Structure

- `app.py` - Main application entry point
- `api_mental_health.py` - Core API functionality
- `data/` - Data storage directories
- `mental_health_model_artifacts/` - ML model files